The National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (NCPEA) announces a call for applications and expressions of interest in the position of editor of the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (JEAN). The goal of this quarterly journal is to raise awareness of maltreatment, provide current research and practice information, and present strategies for the prevention of elder abuse and neglect. An international journal, JEAN provides a forum for the discussion of program developments, policy initiatives, personal commentaries, and for the scientific investigation of elder abuse and neglect targeted to researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy-makers in the fields of aging, health, mental health, social services, adult protective services, domestic violence, law and criminal justice.

JEAN is the leading interdisciplinary scholarly journal in the field of elder abuse and neglect. Similar to the editorship of many journals of professional associations, the editor position is largely unpaid and therefore requires commitment and support of the editor's home institution. There is some nominal remuneration possible. Candidates for the position of editor must make a substantial commitment of time to the journal. Among the editor's responsibilities are soliciting, processing and editing submissions in a timely fashion; working with and further developing the editorial board; naming international and associate editors; and, increasing the journal's visibility and readership, nationally and internationally.

Applications should contain a detailed description of the financial and organizational support committed by the applicant's home institution, including arrangements for release time, allocation of office space, editorial assistance, and other resources to support editorial functions. There is a strong preference for a five-year commitment, although a minimum term of three years is possible. Candidates should propose a plan for developing an international co-editor as well as associate editors. Persons interested in the position should apply electronically by sending a CV and a statement that outlines their writing, editorial, and publishing experience and their vision of the journal for the future. The deadline for receipt of applications is November 1, 2001.

Applications should be sent to: Lorin Baumhover (baumhoverla@appstate.edu). Please direct any questions regarding this process electronically to Dr. Baumhover. He can also be reached at 828-262-2201 or at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608.

As we contiunue our search for a permanent editor, our editors are:

Pamela Teaster, Ph.D. (Editor) earned her doctorate in Public Administration and Public Affairs and the Graduate Certificate in Gerontology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is an Assistant Professor in the Kentucky School of Public Health and Ph.D. Program in Gerontology/Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. She is the Editor of the Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied Gerontology. She is the First Vice President of the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. Dr. Teaster is the Secretary of the Southern Gerontological Society. Selected research projects include a statewide evaluation of public guardian and conservator programs, outcomes of involuntary Adult Protective Services, compliance with guardianship reporting, and the sexual abuse of older and disabled adults. Dr. Teaster has recently published articles in The Journal of Applied Gerontology; The Journal of Ethics, Law, and Aging; Educational Gerontology; and Gerontology and Geriatrics Education.

Georgia Anetzberger Ph.D. (Co-editor) is a consultant and educator in aging, elder abuse and protective services. Until recently, she served as Vice President for Community Services at The Benjamin Rose Institute, a position she held for ten years. She serves on the University Graduate Faculty for Health Care Administration at Cleveland State University, and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her BS in social work from the Ohio State University and her MA in anthropology and MS and PhD in social work from CWRU. Dr. Anetzberger has spent more than twenty-five years addressing the problem of elder abuse, initially as an adult protective services worker and more recently as a researcher, administrator and educator. She has over two-dozen publications on elder abuse or related interventions and serves as Consulting Editor of the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect. A Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, Dr. Anetzberger also is on the Board of Directors for the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and founded two of its regional Affiliates, the Consortium Against Adult Abuse along with the Ohio Coalition for Adult Protective Services.